It’s back to the chopping block for Independence Township trustees, rejecting second quarter recommended reconciliation and budget adjustments. ‘With my meetings with the supervisor, I would tell you I don’t know if the supervisor and I will be able to come back to you with anymore cuts,” said Finance Director Susan Hendricks at the Sept. […]
An experiment with four-day weeks is over for Department of Public Works, with some positive results. ‘Residents in general are very happy with the extended hours,? said Independence Township DPW Director Linda Richardson in her Sept. 1 memo to the board. ‘I feel we are better able to serve the public offering earlier and later […]
City Manager Dennis Ritter met with Clarkston Public Access Center (CPAC) Program Director Andy Reish to discuss taping and broadcasting City Council meetings on cable. ‘I showed him we had some equipment here and he came over and he evaluated it,? Ritter told the council at last Monday’s meeting. ‘He said that we can do […]
The newly-seated Oxford School Board got right to work on superintendent search discussions at the Jan. 7 regular board meeting. ‘Today, we’re just going to talk (about) how we want to go about that process,? said President Jim Reis. ‘Then we’ll decide which direction we want to go.? Trustee Joyce Brasington said she’d like to […]
Community leaders had the chance to get the latest scoop in the Weiming Education Group partnership with Oxford Schools and get specifics of location as well as a chance to meet Weiming’s new North American CEO at the Jan. 9 Community Leaders Breakfast held at the Oxford Schools Administration Building. The project After being unable […]
Oxford School board kicked off their first meeting of the New Year with the swearing in of newly elected members Joyce Brasington, Mike Schweig, Mark Stepek and incumbent Kim Shumaker, followed by the nomination of officers. However, the nomination process didn’t come without a little adversity. First up was the president. Both Jim Reis and […]
Addison Township officials sent David Gassen and Partner in Architect back to the drawing board after the latest series of designs for a new township hall came with a price tag higher than previously negotiated. While Gassen was showing various concept drawings for the new township hall, Supervisor Bruce Pearson finally told him ‘to cut […]
The Wildcats took their first loss on the hardwood earlier last week after falling to Royal Oak 62-53. ‘It was a blessing because the kids were able to see that we’re a really good team, but if we don’t bring it together every night than we can lose on any given night. It kind of […]
‘A penny saved is a penny earned,? that’s the philosophy Addison Township officials live by, which is why they approved to go the way of direct deposit for their employees, which would save the township approximately $316 a year. ‘As far as I am concerned, $316 is another way of saving some money for this […]
After Erich Senft was appointed Addison Township Trustee last September, it left an open seat on both the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) and the Fire Board. After some searching for replacements, Supervisor Bruce Pearson brought forth a recommendation at the Dec. 15 regular board meeting. Pearson recommended resident Bob DeWitt for the job. DeWitt, […]